{"id":101149,"date":"2023-07-28T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101149"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:36:38","slug":"album-review-atonement-sadistic-invaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-atonement-sadistic-invaders\/","title":{"rendered":"ATONEMENT – Sadistic Invaders (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATONEMENT
Sadistic Invaders<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDying Victims Productions (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trying to look and sound evil, Stockholm, Sweden-based upstarts Atonement have raided their daddy\u2019s 80s heavy metal collection and found the usual Venom, Bathory, Destruction<\/a> and Sodom albums for influence.<\/p>\n

Atonement\u2019s debut full-length album Sadistic Invaders<\/em> is standard practice in today\u2019s climate. From \u2018Hellish Delight\u2019, through \u2018Evil Disaster\u2019 and culminating with the title track this is predictable rust n\u2019 bolts black thrash armed with spiky guitars, witchy rasps and tin can drums. In 1984 this was scary, in 2023 it\u2019s often all too derivative and comical, but kudos to Atonement for keeping the burning banners aloft even if I\u2019d prefer to just dig out my old Destruction demo tapes.<\/p>\n

The tracks are short n\u2019 snappy and seem to blur as one blasphemous haze of unintentional comedy. Even so, the tracks crack like a whip in their quest for rawness and underground grimness, and this is enjoyable stuff if you like primitive and straight to the point lashing.<\/p>\n

The lyrics here are crudely naive, childish almost: \u201cEvil is smiling, children crying, demons flying\u2026\u201d (\u2018Evil Minds\u2019), \u201cAxe of death is looking for you\u2026\u201d (\u2018Axe Of Death\u2019), and \u201cKill the virgin and drink their blood…\u201d (\u2018Death Merchant\u2019). But it is what it is; simple, grotty cave-dwelling leathery metal that still might cause plumes of black smoke in the bedrooms of heavy metal teenagers everywhere.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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